Review of Night Falls on Manhattan (1997) by Lee M — 18 Oct 2010
Sidney Lumet is an old hand at Police and Law dramas and this film is ace even thoughhj it slipped under the radar.
Andy Garcia plays a young lawyer who is thrown in at the deep end when he is called to prosecute a vicious drug dealer who has murdered 3 cops and wounded his father (The ever Excellent Ian Holm).
What seesm like an open and shut case becomes more murky the further Garcia rises up in the system.
Everything here works because Lumet is such a good director of actors.
He get great performances from Garcia,Richard Dreyfuss,James Gandolfini and Ron Liebrman as Garcias hyper boss.
The film deserves to be better know and it ranks alongside some Of Lumets best work.
This review of Night Falls on Manhattan (1997) was written by Lee M on 18 Oct 2010.
Night Falls on Manhattan has generally received mixed reviews.
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